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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
The issue really is, are they tracking the sales by store?
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Yes.
They've tracked individual store sales for a long, long, long time. In fact, for retail in general "same store sales" (comparing last year's sales figures to the current year's) is a critical indicator. They use that data to determine profitability, who's a good manager, etc etc
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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
the shut down decisions end up not being made on the best criteria.
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AFAIK that typically happens due to mergers. E.g. a Borders store might be profitable, but not profitable enough (or facing a decline) to justify the cost of rebranding it.
Otherwise if a store is doing well, they won't randomly close it.
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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
They need to slim down and come up with a radical new way of making money.
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Unfortunately, they're pretty much doomed. They are two sinking ships that want to lash to each other.
Weren't we talking about romance ebooks?
